I was a gymnast for thirteen years and currently a diver so my body has been through a lot. Last year I obtained a back injury that put me out most of the practices. I was diagnosed with a Double scoliosis‚ Sheuermanns disease‚ Sheuermanns nodes on my spine‚ arthritis in my vertebra‚ and collapsing disks. When I first found out what all the test had meant I felt like it was over. The main reason why I picked west minster was for the diving‚ and it’s what I have done every day for the past four years
Premium High school Medicine Physician
dad who was All-State for Basketball‚ and a Grandfather who played Division I basketball; I was always expected to be good at ball. I was always decent but never quite lived to expectations. When I turned 12 years old‚ I was diagnosed with Type 3 scoliosis‚ which limited not only my quickness but my ability to twist and run normally. The basketball dynasty was coming to an end as I had lost a lot of athleticism. I was always on the middle team‚ not very good‚ not very bad‚ but I always tried new moves;
Premium Basketball High school Michael Jordan
Bob Fosse is a choreographer‚ dancer and director best known for Tony Award-winning musicals including Chicago and Cabaret. Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on June 23‚ 1927. A trained dancer‚ Fosse achieved success as a choreographer and director of stage and screen musicals. Fosse took an early interest in dance‚ displaying unusual skill. His parents supported his interest‚ enrolling him in formal dance training. By his early teens‚ Fosse was dancing professionally in local nightclubs.
Premium Dance Broadway theatre Musical theatre
Spinal Muscular Atrophy also known as SMA is a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls the voluntary muscle movement. It can be passed down from parent to child. The major causes of SMA is a deficiency of a motor neuron protein called SMN. Mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1. The symptoms of SMA are very sad a child is weak and has a delay in meeting feeding and breathing development milestones. There are four types of SMA‚ type 0 is the most severe it can
Premium Childbirth Pregnancy Infant
can lead to blindness. a variety of other tumors may develop in people with NF1. In women with NF1‚ there is a increased risk of developing breast cancer. Orthopedic (bone) problems may develop with NF1‚ including bending of the spine called scoliosis and abnormal healing and bowing of leg bones (bowed legs).Disorders of bone density are more common in people with NF1 than in the general population this has been associated with decreased vitamin D levels‚ People with NF1 tend to be short ‚ below
Premium Cancer Oncology DNA
reform–politics is important to all of us. It touches something in everyone’s life and even the most boring of subjects can have an immense impact on a person’s career‚ health‚ or livelihood. My father is a pharmacist and small business owner; my mother has scoliosis. Whether its working in my dad’s pharmacy or helping my mom with day-to-day activities‚ I’ve learned things one can’t find in a textbook and I’ve seen the need for change and progress‚ in more ways than one. All of this is why politics intrigues
Premium Political science Political philosophy Politics
Demographics: Mr. S. is a 37-year-old man. Chief Complain: He has low back pain. 1. What additional subjective data would you collect from Mr. S? • History of present illness Acute or chronic: The patient experiences of acute low back pain. Joint complaints: He might experience of back joint dysfunction. He doesn’t experience of swelling. Muscular complaints: The patient has low back pain‚ muscle spasms‚ and muscle weakness. Medications-rx‚ otc and herbal supplement: He just has
Premium Myocardial infarction Hypertension Heart
Every year scoliosis patients make more than 600‚000 visits to private physician offices‚ an estimated 30‚000 children are fitted with a brace‚ and 38‚000 patients undergo spinal fusion surgery.(“The American Association of Neurological Surgeons.” 1 July 2007. 30 Sept. 2015. http://www.aans.org/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/ Scoliosis.aspx>.) These are just a few of the reasons that becoming an orthotist is such a huge accomplishment. Also this job is important because it gives
Premium Medicine Physician Patient
Hearing loss * Vision –peripheral vision loss‚ night blindness * Difficult swallowing –poor jaw mobility‚ enlarged tonsils‚ adenoids and tongue * Musculoskeletal – contractures‚ stiff and painful joint movement‚ carpal tunnel syndrome‚ scoliosis‚ wide-spread bone
Premium Carpal tunnel syndrome Therapy
Ancient History Preliminary Assessment Task 2013 TRANSCRIPT: TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB‚ EGYPT When archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922‚ he remarked that it was “the day of days‚ the most wonderful that I have ever lived through‚ and certainly one whose like I can never hope to see again.” On that November day‚ not only had this man uncovered an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb‚ but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3000 years whose remains laying within astounded
Premium Ancient Egypt Tutankhamun